Combination tack-puller and stove-lid lifter.



No. 832,541. PATENTED OCT. 2, 1906. WI Al COMBINATION TACK PULLBR ANDSTOVE LID LIFTER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.11",1906.

TM: NORRIS PETERS 001. WASHINGTON, n. c.

' Arm/Mfrs l WILLIAM A. DODGE, OF ORANGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

COMBINATION TACK-FULLER AND STOVE-LID LIFTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 2, 1906.

Application fil d November 11,1905. Serial No. 286,951.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. DODGE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Orange, in the county of Franklin and State ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in aCombination Tack- Puller and Stove-Lid Lifter, of which the following isa specification.

This invention is a combination stove-lid lifter and tack-puller, theobject being to provide an exceedingly cheap,- simple, and efficientcombination device capable of use for either lifting the lid of thestove or removing tacks from the floor.

-With this object in view the invention consists in the details ofconstruction hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is aperspective view of the device in its normal position, at which timeitis adapted for use as a stove-lid lifter. Fig. 2 is a front elevationof the device ready for use as a tack-puller. Fig. 3 is a perspectiveview showing the lower ends of the two members disengaged. Fig. 4 is asectional view taken through the said members at the pivotpoint.

In constructing a device in accordance with my invention I employ twomembers A and B, which are shaped to provide handles and adjacent totheir lower ends are constructed with apertured pivoted lugs C and D,respectively, the extreme lower ends terminating in flattened fingers orprongs E and F, respectively, and the members are connected by means ofthe pivot-bolt G, which passes through the apertured lugs C and D. Thefingers or prongs E taper to a point as shown, and their adjacent facesare cut away, as shown at E and F, so that when the handle members arebrought together, as shown in Fig. 2, a V-shaped opening will beprovided between the said fingers or prongs, so that the said taperedfingers or prongs can be run beneath the head of the tack to be drawn.The spring H, fastened to the inner face of the members A, bears at itsfree end upon the inner face of the opposite member B and normallyholdsthe said handle apart and the fingers or prongs together, as mostclearly shown in Fig. 1.

When the fingers or prongs E and F are held together, as shown, they canbe inserted in the recess of the stove-lid and the said lid lifted inthe usual manner, the device serving as a stove-lid lifter, and in casethe recess in the stove-lid is somewhat larger than the combined fingersor prongs it is obvious that the natural pressure of the hand upon thehandle during the lifting operation will tend to separate the saidfingers 0r prongs, thereby causing the lifter to engage the stove-lid ina firm positive manner. The upper ends of the handle members A and B areconstructed with inwardly-projecting stop-lugs A and B,

which engage each other and prevent the said handle members coming soclose together as to pinch the hands.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A combination lid-lifter and tack-puller comprising two memberspivotally connected adjacent their lower ends, and a spring connected toone member and adapted to bear upon the other member, each membercomprising a handle portion having a stop-lug at the upper end, and atapered finger at the lower end, the inner face of each tapered fingerbeing cut away as and for the purpose set forth.

WILLIAM A. DODGE. Witnesses:

DAVID C. W. JOHNSTON, FRED S. WEYMOUTH.

